or orbit, of Buddhahood inherent in
the cosmos.Rather than a final static destination

at which we arrive and remain,

achieving enlightenment means

firmly establishing the faith needed

to keep advancing along the path

of absolute happiness, without end."

Daisaku Ikeda,

From “For Today and
Tomorrow,” page 205.

Exactly! That’s how I feel.

I’m sitting here at the pool in St. Pete Beach. In front of
me is the magnificent sky and waters of the Gulf of Mexico. St. Pete is on the
west side of Florida and my apartment looks over the water. There’s a gentle
breeze blowing, soft sunlight and a few light clouds.

It’s warm, sunny, beachy here, and almost every day we have
the most magnificent thunderstorms with lightning, dark mysterious clouds and
some of the loudest thunder I have ever heard! Every morning the poofy clouds above the water
turn pink with the sunrise, and every night we are treated to a light show of a
sunset, one more beautiful than the next. My camera is filled spectacular
sunset shots.

I am living in paradise!

And I am making my way in this world…creating and discovering
my new life. My son Aaron is in Phoenix in his first year of internship, impressing
everyone in the hospital with his genuine compassionate and wise heart, and
my nephew Josh is a brilliant chiropractor here in St. Pete. Ben and I are creating
a program I will present through an 501C organization. I’ll tell you more about
that as it happens. So right now I am in this highly creative space of writing
while I put my roots down here in Florida. Through my own hand, Ben is helping
me create the program to teach others how to write to their loved ones, and
have their loved ones write back to them. And I have all kinds of support. I
have a virtual assistant who is working on my website – at last! I will be able
to offer private coaching/EFT sessions and other programs. And I have various
forms of coaching and support. I am being completely protected as I carve out
my new life!

Every day I chant to experience the fullest expression of my
life...and for every moment to be an expression of kosen-rufu in action. I
chant for every reader of this blog to continue being encouraged to reach for
the stars in their lives…as I have in mine…no matter what! And I chant in
appreciation for my life and protection.

I chant for the most possible good/value/fulfillment to flow
through me and to me and around me. I chant to truly do my mission on this
earth. I chant to establish myself financially, socially, all wayshere in St. Pete.

For the first time in my life I am truly in a place I know I
want to stay for a long, long, time. It’s a different way of living life. For most
of my life I had one foot out the door…but not anymore.

I’m even enjoying myself physically in a whole new way. Last week
I began drinking a form of perfect Ph balanced water, and suddenly out of the
blue I felt like swimming in the pool. I have never done a lap in my life, but
I created a backstroke where I feel like an angel. Wow, THIS is what I’d call a miracle. (So would anyone who ever
knew me as a child.) I was never a swimmer, always afraid of the water. It
reminds me of what I hear James Herrmann say in Chicago once. “We don’t
practice Buddhism to say ‘Oh, that’s just the way I AM.’ No, we practice to
change the way we are into anything we want.” So, all of a sudden, I’m a
swimmer. Who knew?

I’m reading the Human Revolution and watching Josei Toda make
one sound business decision after another. He was truly a man of action. I am
chanting to get over my perfectionist tendencies!

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Welcome!

This blog is about Happiness.

Absolute Happiness.

Unshakable Happiness.

Welcome!

In my 33 years of chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo (I fuse my life with the Mystic Law of cause and effect through sound vibration) I have faced and overcome many challenges. Heartbreak, job challenges, divorce, and in 2015 my 22 year old son took his life after battling schizophrenia for three years. And through it all, I chanted to turn poison into medicine and to be happy - so that I could show others the way to happiness.

These blog posts come from my heart, to show the power of this practice. I speak only for myself, and don't represent anyone but me. I write this for you.

Feel free to email me if you'd like ~ but I do not give Buddhist guidance by email. I suggest that you get to know your local SGI Buddhist leaders who will give you support.

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This lifetime is so precious - and the practice of chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is unique. The first person to chant these words was Nichiren Daishonin, a Buddhist reformer. You can find out more about him, and more about this practice at SGI-USA.org.

The important point is this:

We don't have to suffer painful austerities or be reborn for many lifetimes to bring forth our own Buddhahood and attain absolute unshakable happiness.We can attain it right here...right now...just as we are.

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